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Ahhh the Psion 3a. My dad had one of these and used it everyday for 20 years. Ran for weeks on 2 AA batteries and took it with him everywhere (smaller than a wa
by cjdell 6y ago
Ahhh the Psion 3a. My dad had one of these and used it everyday for 20 years. Ran for weeks on 2 AA batteries and took it with him everywhere (smaller than a wallet).
I learned to code in OPL on the Psion 3 which he passed down to me after he got the 3a. Ah memories. Does a modern equivalent exist?
- fmajid 6y agohttps://www.www3.planetcom.co.uk/devices https://www.www3.planetcom.co.uk/devices
- cjdell 6y agoWould love to see a device like the Gemini with a specially designed OS rather than a tweaked Android or Linux UI. Still cool though.
- moistbar 6y agoI think having a known system running a custom UI is the way to go, personally. You get the benefits of years of engineering research while still getting to have a differentiating factor that users can see.
- peteretep 6y agoI have a strong desire for one of these, but absolutely no idea what I'd end up using it for when I have an excellent smart phone and a light laptop. If I could work out a single actual thing I'd use it for, I'd buy it in an instant
- jfim 6y ago> If I could work out a single actual thing I'd use it for, I'd buy it in an instant Ssh on the go, without having to lug a laptop while on call?
- peteretep 6y agoThat would be an excellent use case, although I am at a point in my life where I (essentially) never need to SSH into machines on demand.
- cnlevy 6y agoI had the Psion Revo+, 16Mb RAM, and went from programming in OPL to Java 1.1, using the eshell.exe to run javac. http://cd.textfiles.com/psion/disk2/PRO_0006/JAVA/COM_0002.HTM http://cd.textfiles.com/psion/disk2/PRO_0006/JAVA/COM_0002.H...